The Kennedy Forum seeks to leverage technology to improve access and quality of mental health and substance use disorder care across our nation.

The Kennedy Forum seeks to leverage technology to improve access and quality of mental health and substance use disorder care across our nation.

From interoperable electronic medical records to interactive smartphone applications, technology is driving new solutions in whole health and promoting integration and collaboration in our healthcare system. New and cutting-edge technologies can also build the critical bridge between raw health date and meaningful outcomes.

The Kennedy Forum wants to ensure that our mental health system is not left behind and that individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders benefit from important technological advancements. When health plans, providers, and patients have access to the same information, only then can we achieve the best possible health outcomes.

Why It Matters

More than 68 percent of adults with a mental disorder had at least one medical condition. Comorbidity is associated with elevated symptom burden, functional impairment, decreased length and quality of life and increased costs.

Focus Group Participants

Alan Axelson, MD

InterCare Health Systems Limited

Bill Bucher

LabCorp

Michael Byer

M3 Information

John Cammack

Cammack Associates

George Carpenter

CNS Response

Charles Coleman, Jr., PhD

IBM

Peter Como, PhD

US Food and Drug Administration

Scott Cousino

myStrength

Steve Daviss, MD

M3 Information

Juliana Ekong, MD

Quartet Health

Jonathan Evans

InnovaTel Telepsychiatry, LLC

Jocelyn Faubert, PhD

CogniSens

Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD

NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center

Shanti Fry

Neuromodulation Working Group

Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD

Neuroscience Imaging Center

Robert Gibbons

University of Chicago

Robert Gibbs

Genomind

Evian Gordon, MD, PhD

My Brain Solutions

Magali Haas, MD, PhD

Cohen Veterans Bioscience

Anthony Hassan

Cohen Veterans Network

Charlie Hartwell

Bridge Builders Group

Jen Hyatt

Big White Wall

Thomas Insel, MD

Verily

Yi Jin, MD

Brain Treatment Center

Gary Kagan

Prairie Health Ventures

Iya Khali, PhD

GNS Healthcare

Sharon Kilcarr

HealthTrackRx

Mike Knable, MD

Sylvan C. Herman Foundation

Allison Kumar

US Food and Drug Administration

Corinna Lathan, PhD

AnthroTronix, Inc David Lischner, MD Valant

Jay Lombard, DO

Genomind

Zack Lynch

Neurotechnology Industry Organization

Susan Magsamen

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Ana Maiques

Neuroelectrics

Corey McCann, MD, PhD

Pear Therapeutics

Travis Millman

Pearson

Wayne Neff

OptumHealth

Joe Parks

Missouri HealthNet

Robert Plotkin

Arcadian Telepsychiatry

Linda Rosenberg

National Council for Community Behavioral Health

Kevin Scalia

Netsmart

Michael Schoenbaum

National Institute of Mental Health

Akaysha Tang, PhD

National Science Foundation

Chris Thatcher

Neuronetics

Jim Triandiflou

Relias Learning

Tom Tsang, MD, MPH

Valera Health

Bruce Wexler, MD

Yale School of Medicine

Ted Wright, MHA

Streamline Healthcare Solutions

Matthias Ziegler

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories

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About Us

Just as President Kennedy rallied the nation to dream big and set audacious goals 50 years ago, The Kennedy Forum seeks to set a new standard for the future of health care in the United States.

Our mission is big, and the stakes are clear. We seek to unite the health care system, and rally the mental health community around a common set of principles: Fully implement the 2008 parity law, bring business leaders and government agencies together to eliminate issues of stigma, work with providers to guarantee equal access to care, ensure that policymakers have the tools they need to craft better policy, and give consumers a way to understand their rights.